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Universal Genève, Compax, Ref. 12494, circa 1944.Very fine, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs. pink with painted gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. “Feuille” gold hands. 13’’’, gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Notes The 1930’s witnessed the birth of the Universal dual push-piece chronograph and the chronograph wristwatch with a 12-hour register, which brought about a veritable revolution in the field of chronographic functions. This innovation was followed by the Compur range and, in 1936, the Compax.In the space of only a few years, Universal developed a stunning succession of prestigious models: The Uni-Compax, the Dato-Compax, the Medico-Compax and in 1944, the year marking the Golden Anniversary of Universal’s foundation, the Tri-Compax, officially presented at the Basel Fair in 1944.


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Date:
2000-04-02

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